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Best Books of 2018

Most Recommended Books

Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

“He’s really good here at laying down the background of the disaster itself, the plant’s construction, the days leading up to it, the moments the accident occurred. He talks about the accident itself, the delay in informing the public, the censorship of news, the trial of the nuclear power plant operators who he thinks were treated as scapegoats, and the political outcomes of all this deception.”

Kate Brown, Historian

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As every year draws to a close, we approach experts and ask them to recommend the best books that have been published in their field that year. Below you'll find all our 2018 reading lists. (Our 2017 and 2016 lists are also still available). You can also browse all our 2018 Editors' Picks.

    The Best Science Books of 2018, recommended by Barbara Kiser

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    The Best Science Books of 2018 - Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder

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    Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
    by Sabine Hossenfelder

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    The Best Science Books of 2018 - The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen

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    The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
    by David Quammen

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    The Best Science Books of 2018 - Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern & David Grinspoon

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    Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
    by Alan Stern & David Grinspoon

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    The Best Science Books of 2018 - The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are by Alan Jasanoff

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    The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
    by Alan Jasanoff

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    The Best Science Books of 2018 - A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War by Patricia Fara

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    A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War
    by Patricia Fara

  • The Best Science Books of 2018 - Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder
  • The Best Science Books of 2018 - The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen
  • The Best Science Books of 2018 - Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern & David Grinspoon
  • The Best Science Books of 2018 - The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are by Alan Jasanoff
  • The Best Science Books of 2018 - A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War by Patricia Fara

The Best Science Books of 2018, recommended by Barbara Kiser

“As life on Earth is rocked by conflict and environmental crisis, these serene little scientific emissaries remind us of how different it can be when we collaborate selflessly in the getting of knowledge.” Barbara Kiser, veteran science journalist and the books and arts editor at Nature, chooses the best science books of 2018.

The Best Science Books of 2018, recommended by Barbara Kiser

    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018, recommended by Fiammetta Rocco

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Hello World: How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry

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    Hello World: How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine
    by Hannah Fry

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

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    The Spy and the Traitor
    by Ben Macintyre

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

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    Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

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    Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

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    Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
    by Serhii Plokhy

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    The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

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    She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
    by Carl Zimmer

  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Hello World: How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man
  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
  • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 - She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018, recommended by Fiammetta Rocco

It’s a difficult task: to identify the very best nonfiction books of the year. But the Baillie Gifford Prize aims to do just that. The chair of the prize’s 2018 judging panel Fiammetta Rocco talks to us about the six fascinating titles that made the shortlist.

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018, recommended by Fiammetta Rocco

    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018, recommended by Nigel Warburton

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    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

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    Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
    by Kate Manne

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    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life by Edith Hall

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    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
    by Edith Hall

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    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux

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    I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche
    by Sue Prideaux

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    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are by John Kaag

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    Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
    by John Kaag

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    The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre & Sarah Richmond (translator)

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    Being and Nothingness
    by Jean-Paul Sartre & Sarah Richmond (translator)

  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life by Edith Hall
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are by John Kaag
  • The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 - Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre & Sarah Richmond (translator)

The Best Philosophy Books of 2018, recommended by Nigel Warburton

What can Nietzsche and Aristotle teach us about how to live? Should everyone read Being and Nothingness? From a philosophical approach to misogyny to an interrogation of whether it’s morally acceptable to have a Facebook account, philosopher Nigel Warburton introduces us to the best philosophy books of 2018.

The Best Philosophy Books of 2018, recommended by Nigel Warburton

    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

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    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer by Jeyaraney Kathirithamby & Sarah B Pomeroy

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    Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
    by Jeyaraney Kathirithamby & Sarah B Pomeroy

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    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Young Heroes by Lula Bridgeport

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    Young Heroes
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    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky by Kelsey Oseid

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    What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky
    by Kelsey Oseid

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    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Ocean by Emmanuelle Grundmann & Hélène Druvert

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    Ocean
    by Emmanuelle Grundmann & Hélène Druvert

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    The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - A History of Pictures for Children by David Hockney & Martin Gayford

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    A History of Pictures for Children
    by David Hockney & Martin Gayford

  • The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer by Jeyaraney Kathirithamby & Sarah B Pomeroy
  • The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Young Heroes by Lula Bridgeport
  • The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky by Kelsey Oseid
  • The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - Ocean by Emmanuelle Grundmann & HĂ©lène Druvert
  • The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018 - A History of Pictures for Children by David Hockney & Martin Gayford

The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

Author and Five Books children’s editor Zoe Greaves selects the best nonfiction books for children published in 2018.

The Best Children’s Nonfiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

    The Best History Books of 2018, recommended by Paul Lay

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    The Best History Books of 2018 - Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch

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    Thomas Cromwell: A Life
    by Diarmaid MacCulloch

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    The Best History Books of 2018 - Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis

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    Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium
    by Lucy Inglis

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    The Best History Books of 2018 - Iran: A Modern History by Abbas Amanat

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    Iran: A Modern History
    by Abbas Amanat

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    The Best History Books of 2018 - Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Nadine Akkerman

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    Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain
    by Nadine Akkerman

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    The Best History Books of 2018 - Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison by David Wootton

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    Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison
    by David Wootton

  • The Best History Books of 2018 - Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
  • The Best History Books of 2018 - Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis
  • The Best History Books of 2018 - Iran: A Modern History by Abbas Amanat
  • The Best History Books of 2018 - Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Nadine Akkerman
  • The Best History Books of 2018 - Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison by David Wootton

The Best History Books of 2018, recommended by Paul Lay

From female spies during the English Civil Wars to the enduring distinctiveness of Iran, there is much left to be understood about history globally. Editor of History Today Paul Lay recommends the best history books that hit the shelves in 2018.

The Best History Books of 2018, recommended by Paul Lay

    The Best Comics of 2018, recommended by Hillary Chute

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    The Best Comics of 2018 - The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 by Riad Sattouf

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    The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987
    by Riad Sattouf

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    The Best Comics of 2018 - Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet by Julie Doucet

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    Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet
    by Julie Doucet

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    The Best Comics of 2018 - Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

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    Sabrina
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    The Best Comics of 2018 - Love That Bunch by Aline Kominsky-Crumb

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    Love That Bunch
    by Aline Kominsky-Crumb

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    The Best Comics of 2018 - Part of It: Comics and Confessions by Ariel Schrag

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    Part of It: Comics and Confessions
    by Ariel Schrag

  • The Best Comics of 2018 - The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 by Riad Sattouf
  • The Best Comics of 2018 - Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet by Julie Doucet
  • The Best Comics of 2018 - Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
  • The Best Comics of 2018 - Love That Bunch by Aline Kominsky-Crumb
  • The Best Comics of 2018 - Part of It: Comics and Confessions by Ariel Schrag

The Best Comics of 2018, recommended by Hillary Chute

Comics are taking over the world, says Northeastern Professor and comics expert Hillary Chute. Here, she introduces the best comics published in 2018, from a Booker-nominated narrative about paranoia and living in the age of fake news to feminist comics published by underground, auteur-driven independent publishers

The Best Comics of 2018, recommended by Hillary Chute

    The Best Music Books of 2018, recommended by Laura Snapes

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    The Best Music Books of 2018 - Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music by Ann Powers

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    Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
    by Ann Powers

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    The Best Music Books of 2018 - The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World by Damon Krukowski

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    The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World
    by Damon Krukowski

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    The Best Music Books of 2018 - All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song by Shirley Collins

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    All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song
    by Shirley Collins

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    The Best Music Books of 2018 - Night Moves by Jessica Hopper

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    Night Moves
    by Jessica Hopper

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    The Best Music Books of 2018 - My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen

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    My Thoughts Exactly
    by Lily Allen

  • The Best Music Books of 2018 - Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music by Ann Powers
  • The Best Music Books of 2018 - The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World by Damon Krukowski
  • The Best Music Books of 2018 - All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song by Shirley Collins
  • The Best Music Books of 2018 - Night Moves by Jessica Hopper
  • The Best Music Books of 2018 - My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen

The Best Music Books of 2018, recommended by Laura Snapes

From a social history of the sexual and racial dynamics at play in American pop music to a meditation on how we consume music in the digital age, deputy music editor at The Guardian, Laura Snapes, picks the best music books of 2018.

The Best Music Books of 2018, recommended by Laura Snapes

    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

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    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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    The Way Past Winter
    by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay

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    The Skylarks' War
    by Hilary McKay

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    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author) and Frances Castle (illustrator)

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    Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland
    Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author) and Frances Castle (illustrator)

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    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Afterwards AF Harrold (author) and Emily Gravett (illustrator)

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    The Afterwards
    AF Harrold (author) and Emily Gravett (illustrator)

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    Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Train to Impossible Places PG Bell (author) and Flavia Sorrentino (illustrator)

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    The Train to Impossible Places
    PG Bell (author) and Flavia Sorrentino (illustrator)

  • Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
  • Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Skylarks' War by Hilary McKay
  • Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author) and Frances Castle (illustrator)
  • Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Afterwards AF Harrold (author) and Emily Gravett (illustrator)
  • Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018 - The Train to Impossible Places PG Bell (author) and Flavia Sorrentino (illustrator)

Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

From World War I to a book with a hint of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Five Books children’s editor Zoe Greaves nominates her favourite children’s fiction of 2018.

Editors’ Picks: The Best Children’s Fiction of 2018, recommended by Zoe Greaves

    The Best Economics Books of 2018, recommended by Diane Coyle

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    The Best Economics Books of 2018 - The Republic of Beliefs by Kaushik Basu

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    The Republic of Beliefs
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    The Best Economics Books of 2018 - The Community of Advantage: A Behavioural Economist's Defence of the Market by Robert Sugden

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    The Community of Advantage: A Behavioural Economist's Defence of the Market
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    The Best Economics Books of 2018 - Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal

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    Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
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    The Best Economics Books of 2018 - No Ordinary Woman: The Life of Edith Penrose by Angela Penrose

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    No Ordinary Woman: The Life of Edith Penrose
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    The Best Economics Books of 2018 - Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science by Karl Sigmund

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    Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
    by Karl Sigmund

  • The Best Economics Books of 2018 - The Republic of Beliefs by Kaushik Basu
  • The Best Economics Books of 2018 - The Community of Advantage: A Behavioural Economist's Defence of the Market by Robert Sugden
  • The Best Economics Books of 2018 - Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal
  • The Best Economics Books of 2018 - No Ordinary Woman: The Life of Edith Penrose by Angela Penrose
  • The Best Economics Books of 2018 - Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science by Karl Sigmund

The Best Economics Books of 2018, recommended by Diane Coyle

From a book about applying game theory to public policy to an account of how modern management practices were first developed on slave plantations, it’s been another good year for interesting and accessible economics books. Cambridge professor Diane Coyle talks us through her selection of the best economics books of 2018.

The Best Economics Books of 2018, recommended by Diane Coyle

    The Best Fiction of 2018, recommended by Kwame Anthony Appiah

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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - Milkman by Anna Burns

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    Milkman
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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

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    Washington Black
    by Esi Edugyan

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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

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    Everything Under
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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

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    The Mars Room
    by Rachel Kushner

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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Overstory by Richard Powers

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    The Overstory
    by Richard Powers

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    The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Long Take by Robin Robertson

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    The Long Take
    by Robin Robertson

  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - Milkman by Anna Burns
  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Overstory by Richard Powers
  • The Best Fiction of 2018 - The Long Take by Robin Robertson

The Best Fiction of 2018, recommended by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Looking for the best novels of the year? Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of philosophy at New York University and chair of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for fiction, gives an in-depth breakdown of the six books that made this year’s shortlist, and reflects on why the novel as a form is stronger than ever.

The Best Fiction of 2018, recommended by Kwame Anthony Appiah

    The Best Politics Books of 2018, recommended by Stephen Bush

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    The Best Politics Books of 2018 - How Democracy Ends by David Runciman

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    How Democracy Ends
    by David Runciman

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    The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Punch and Judy Politics by Ayesha Hazarika & Tom Hamilton

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    Punch and Judy Politics
    by Ayesha Hazarika & Tom Hamilton

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    The Best Politics Books of 2018 - The Perils of Perception by Bobby Duffy

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    The Perils of Perception
    by Bobby Duffy

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    The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem by Tim Shipman

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    Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem
    by Tim Shipman

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    The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

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    Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
    by Serhii Plokhy

  • The Best Politics Books of 2018 - How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
  • The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Punch and Judy Politics by Ayesha Hazarika & Tom Hamilton
  • The Best Politics Books of 2018 - The Perils of Perception by Bobby Duffy
  • The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem by Tim Shipman
  • The Best Politics Books of 2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

The Best Politics Books of 2018, recommended by Stephen Bush

2018 has been a year full of alarming political developments, but it has also proven fodder for an excellent crop of political books. Stephen Bush, special correspondent at the New Statesman, selects five of the best politics books.

The Best Politics Books of 2018, recommended by Stephen Bush

    The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Our Place by Mark Cocker

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    Our Place
    by Mark Cocker

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes

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    A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
    by Helen Jukes

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir by Horatio Clare

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    A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir
    by Horatio Clare

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Swifts in a Tower by David Lack

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    Swifts in a Tower
    by David Lack

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    The Best Nature Books of 2018 - The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence by Neil Ansell

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    The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence
    by Neil Ansell

  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Our Place by Mark Cocker
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - A Light in the Dark: A Winter Memoir by Horatio Clare
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - Swifts in a Tower by David Lack
  • The Best Nature Books of 2018 - The Last Wilderness: A Journey into Silence by Neil Ansell

The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

There has been a rash of books about epiphanic incursions into wilderness—but the best nature writing digs too into the complexities of our relationship with the natural world, says Charles Foster, the bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he discusses the best nature books of 2018.

The Best Nature Books of 2018, recommended by Charles Foster

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